{"id":154045,"date":"2025-03-05T09:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T08:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/peter-obis-influence-made-pdp-lose-2023-lagos-governorship-election-jandor"},"modified":"2025-03-10T23:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T22:27:26","slug":"peter-obis-influence-made-pdp-lose-2023-lagos-governorship-election-jandor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/peter-obis-influence-made-pdp-lose-2023-lagos-governorship-election-jandor","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi\u2019s influence made PDP lose 2023 Lagos governorship election \u2013 Jandor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has claimed he lost because of Peter Obi\u2019s influence.<\/p>\n<p>Jandor made this claim while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, his campaign had gained huge momentum before the February 25, 2023, elections.<\/p>\n<p>However, the sudden shift in voter dynamics altered the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did everything, but that wave came and swallowed the whole thing. Nobody saw that coming,\u201d Jandor said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked, \u201cIf not for Peter Obi\u2019s influence in the presidential election, would you have won the governorship election?\u201d Jandor responded, \u201cAbsolutely, I probably would have won the election at the governorship election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 762,134 votes to emerge winner.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, polled 312,329 votes, while Jandor scored 62,449 votes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has claimed he lost because of Peter Obi\u2019s influence. Jandor made this claim while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Tuesday. 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